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dusty

UK/ˈdʌsti/ US/ˈdʌsti/ fairly common informal slang uk

adjective

1.

covered with a layer of dusty

  • “a dusty pile of books”
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Origin

From Middle English dusty, dusti, from Old English dūstiġ, dystiġ, dȳstiġ (“dusty”), equivalent to dust + -y. Cognate with Dutch donzig (“cottony, downy, woolly”), German dunstig (“hazy, misty”).

Phrases

  • dusty miller
  • dusty plasma
  • dusty rose
  • rusty dusty
  • trusty dusty

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